Sussex Moth Group: Lampronia flavimitrella

Lampronia flavimitrella (Hübner, [1817])

Scarce Shoot Borer
(Bramble Bright)
9.0050 (B&F: 134)

»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Adeloidea
    »Family: Prodoxidae
      »Subfamily: Lamproniinae
        »Tribe: Trifurculini

Number of records: 6
Recorded in: 5 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 07 v 2023

Identification
difficulty

: ?Adult: Very scarce species
Notes: Higher score due to scarcity

Only two of this species - a proposed Red Data Book Class 3 (Davis, 2012) insect - have ever been detected in Sussex. A female was netted by day flying around bramble at Northchapel in May 2009 and the other was photographed near Powdermill reservoir in May 2011. The larval foodplant is not known for certain in this country. (Pratt, 2011)

Near Northiam, 23 iv 2014
Photo: Heather Martin

Distribution at 1km scale

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

No larval records